Great Currents of Mathematical Thought

ISBN: 9780486495798

出版年: 2004-3

页数: 266

定价: 497.20元

内容简介

Years in the making, this feast of mathematical ideas comprises works by 50 eminent French scholars.The first book of the two-volume set embraces "Mathematics: Concepts and Development," with several essays each under the categories of "Structures," Disciplines," "Space," "Function," "Group," "Probability," and "The Mathematical Epic." The second volume, "Mathematics in the Arts and Sciences," comprises essays on "Mathematics and the Human Intellect," "Mathematics and Technology," and "Mathematics and Civilization." 1962 edition.